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But it was fantastic. We just started messing about and the next thing is we’ve got a chorus for The Killing Moon.” a b Harrison, Andrew (2004). "Echo & the Bunnymen: (various reissues)". Blender. ISSN 1534-0554. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009 . Retrieved 5 May 2010. According to Sergeant: “It’s all pretty dark”. He wasn’t wrong, but it didn’t matter – with Ocean Rain, the Bunnymen became music immortals, confirming their place in the gloomier recesses of British pop.

It sounds so different. I wasn’t thinking chordally or the way I was used to writing songs, but by doing this it reminded me of Talking Heads. It reminded me of our early Bunnymen stuff, that kind of pulse,” he said. In 2002, the group received the Q Inspiration award. [32] The award is for inspiring "new generations of musicians, songs and music lovers in general." The band were said to be worthy winners as they have done much to promote the Mersey music scene. [33] In a later interview for Magnet magazine, McCulloch said "It validates everything that we've tried to achieve—cool, great timeless music. It's not like an inspiration award affecting the past, it's affecting the current music." [34] Matrix / Runout (Side B, ' ̷B̷ ̷E̷ 84' is hand-etched - variant 3): R/S Alsdorf 58175 B3X ̷B̷ ̷E̷ 84Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): W-3 KD KODE 1 B-1 WITH FLOWERS A⃫̶⃫N⃫̶⃫D⃫̶⃫ IИ THEIR HAIR ARUN Released in early 1983, the more radio-friendly " The Cutter", became their first top 10 single, [23] climbing to No.8, while the parent album Porcupine (Feb. 1983), hit No. 2 in the album chart. Now firmly established as a chart act, further hits followed with a one-off single, the dance-oriented " Never Stop" (No.15), and the epic " The Killing Moon", a preview from the new album featuring a dramatic McCulloch vocal, which became the band's second UK top 10 single at No.9. [18] Ocean Rain [ edit ]

a b c Crocodiles (CD booklet). Echo & the Bunnymen. Warner Strategic Marketing. 2003. 2564-61161-2. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Meanwhile, McCulloch released his well-received debut solo album Candleland in September 1989, shortly after de Freitas' death. His follow-up solo album was Mysterio in 1992. By the time Echo & The Bunnymen released their debut album, the drum machine had been replaced by Pete de Freitas. Moody and mysterious, Crocodiles was produced by Bill Drummond (who was “almost a fifth member” of the band, according to Ian McCulloch) and Dave Balfe of The Teardrop Explodes, with Ian Broudie (later of The Lightning Seeds) assisting. Dimery, Robert, ed. (2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (revised and updateded.). Universe Publishing. ISBN 0-7893-1371-5. Schofield, Deborah (29 July 2002). "20 years on, it's still a Womad world". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 15 February 2023.Joe Brown (18 August 1984). "Bunnymen: Based on Bowie". The Washington Post . Retrieved 31 July 2022. Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): KODE 1 B-1 F/2 WITH FLOWERS A̶̷̲̅N̶̷̲̅D̶̷̲̅ IИ THEIR HAIR ARUN a b Salewicz, Chris (22 November 1980). "Echo & The Bunnymen: Welcome To The Bunnyhouse". NME. ISSN 0028-6362.

Allum, Simon (3 April 2006). "Incendiary interview Les Pattinson, part 2". Archived from the original on 13 May 2006 . Retrieved 12 May 2008. Months of speculation finally ended in September 1988 when McCulloch officially informed the other members that he was leaving the band, but Sergeant told McCulloch that he, Pattinson and de Freitas would continue working together. McCulloch departed, and later began work on his first solo album Candleland.

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In March 2007, the Bunnymen announced that they had re-signed to Warner and were working on a new album. [35] The band were said to be planning a live DVD, titled Dancing Horses, which contained interviews with the band. This was released in May 2007 on Snapper/SPV. The live line up was Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant, Simon Finley (drums), Paul Fleming (keyboards), Gordy Goudie (guitar) and Steve Brannan (bass). [36] The band’s lighting engineer, Bill Butt, was delegated to direct. He wanted the video to reflect the frigid feel of the album and originally plumped for Scotland as the location, but the paucity of snow meant Reykjavik was the second choice.

It’s John Carpenter’s The Fog! And then McCulloch, beneath a see-sawing lightshade moon, his face alternating between the light and the dark, impish and impossibly gorgeous (those lips), delivers his homily – “ The Killing Moon is more than just a song. It’s a psalm, almost hymnal,” he said in 2015 – remote as a spirit child spinning through the cosmos. However, their plans were thrown into disarray when Pete de Freitas was killed in a motorcycle accident on 14 June 1989. [27] De Freitas was on his way to Liverpool from London to take part in the group's first rehearsal with Burke, when his Ducati motorbike collided with another vehicle on the A51 At Longdon Green in Staffordshire, killing him instantly. He was 27 years old and was survived by his widow and their infant daughter, who was born in 1988. The finished 33-minute short film combined Smith and Duval's opening montage with dynamic footage of four songs from the show. Titled Shine So Hard: An Atlas Adventure, it was given a limited UK cinema release, but Warner executives were reportedly dismayed by its avant-garde structure and the fact that the band don't even appear clearly until partway through the film. The audio recordings of the four songs featured in the film were also released on the "Shine So Hard" EP, which reached #37 on the UK singles chart, thus becoming the group's first British hit single. In 1982, the film was released as a limited edition of 500 VHS cassettes, redeemable only with a voucher given out to those who had attended the concert, and copies found their way onto the second-hand market. One review said it had “all the appeal of a discussion with a career advisor”, while Sergeant claimed it was McCulloch and their manager “doing something that didn’t involve anyone else”. Read more: The Smiths – The complete guide Read more: The Lowdown – Morrissey Need to know With tour commitments looming, the remaining members hastily recruited former Haircut One Hundred drummer Blair Cunningham as their new drummer, but he did not fit in, and left after their Spring 1986 American tour. Cunningham was replaced by former ABC drummer David Palmer. The group began recording material for the new album with Broudie and producer Clive Langer but they were unhappy with the results and the recordings were shelved.Echo & the Bunnymen’s 2014 release was produced by Youth, formerly of Killing Joke, who also plays bass, and Andrea Wright. Ian McCulloch wrote several of the songs on bass guitar; four of them were finished in a day. Adams, Chris (2002). Turquoise Days: The Weird World of Echo & the Bunnymen. Soft Skull. ISBN 1-887128-89-1.